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Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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John Betsch
John Betsch
American musician
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Kent Carter
Kent Carter
American musician
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Bobby Few
Bobby Few
American musician
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Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
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Baikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll
American musician
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Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
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Alan Silva
Alan Silva
American musician
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Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
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Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
American musician
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Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Aldo Romano
Aldo Romano
Italian musician
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George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
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Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee
American singer
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NanĂ¡ Vasconcelos
NanĂ¡ Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
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Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
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Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy
American musician
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Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
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Denis Charles
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Richard Teitelbaum
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
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Michel Portal
Michel Portal
French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Ricky Ford
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake
American musician
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Steve Grossman
Steve Grossman
American saxophonist
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Herbie Lewis
Herbie Lewis
American musician
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Kimiko Kasai
Kimiko Kasai
Japanese singer
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Billy Bang
Billy Bang
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Glenn Ferris
Glenn Ferris
American musician
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Cecil Bridgewater
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
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Franz Koglmann
Franz Koglmann
Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer
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Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen
French saxophonist
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Brian Auger
Brian Auger
British jazz and rock keyboardist
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Manfred Schoof
Manfred Schoof
German musician
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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John Blake, Jr.
John Blake, Jr.
American jazz violinist
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John Ore
John Ore
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Tom Varner
Tom Varner
American musician
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Houston Person
Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Pietro Tonolo
Pietro Tonolo
Italian jazz musician
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman
American musician
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Pierre Barouh
Pierre Barouh
French writer-composer-singer
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
Irene Aebi
Swiss singer, violinist and cellist

Irene Aebi

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Swiss singer, violinist and cellist
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Music

Irene Aebi (born July 27, 1939 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer, violinist and cellist. She is noted for her work with jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy, her husband, from the 1960s to his death in 2004.

Initially a classically trained instrumentalist, she only began to sing at Lacy's request. In a review of a 1999 concert, critic Frank Rubolino describes Aebi as possessing a "brusque, forceful style of singing".